⁶ Look away from him, that he may rest, Until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

¹⁹ How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

¹ "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

² As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,

¹³ Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more."

¹⁶ I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.

²⁰ Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

¹ "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³ He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

⁴ To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.

⁶ About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'

⁷ "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'

⁸ When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'